Her influence on American fashion—via one customer in Washington in particular—is already outsized, and now it looks like her store may be, too. Chicago retailer Ikram Goldman is said to be shopping for a new, larger space in the Windy City. Will there be a private salon for you-know-who? [WWD]
There’s been no shortage of Maison [...]

Fashion wasn’t built in a day. The industry obsessed with what’s new and what’s next has, of course, a long history, and no one knows it better than Olivier Saillard, curator at the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Décoratifs. (In May, he’ll decamp from the Louvre to take a post at the Musée Galliera, Paris’ museum [...]

Decades‘ Cameron Silver knows a thing or two about wealthy women in fabulous dresses. The vintage couturier was in the thick of them last night at the tenth anniversary bash of Dallas’ designer mecca Forty Five Ten. He reports from the front lines, below.The traditional tenth anniversary gift is tin or aluminum. For the tenth [...]

Sun, sand, and lab coats. Not exactly your classic pairing, but it’s what you can expect at Maison Martin Margiela’s newly opened Miami retail outpost, a 2,700-square-foot boutique in the city’s booming design district. The shop—MMM’s 19th, but only the third in the United States—will carry both womenswear and menswear, as well as accessories, shoes, [...]

Last week, we previewed a sketch of Nicholas Kirkwood’s Alice in Wonderland-inspired heels, made on commission for the French department store Printemps, which is giving over its windows to all things Alice through March. (Sad to say, they’re window-only—you’ll have to find another pair to wear to the theater.) For the installation, Kirkwood is joined [...]

As a man in a (largely) girl’s game, there are always going to be some trends that I can’t get in on. I thought—with some relief, I must admit—that the leather tees that have been sending editrixes into a swoon lately would be another of those I’d be observing from the sidelines. Sure, the leather [...]

The Kell-raiser herself fielded calls from the press on a conference call this afternoon, and thanks to the always entertaining Awl [http://www.theawl.com/2010/01/some-highlights-from-todays-kelly-cutrone-press-call], we’ve got a transcript. It’s worth a quick read for an end-of-day laugh, but if you’re strapped for time and need the takeaway message, here it is: Whether or not you know it [...]

We’ve documented the U.S. invasion, but Alice mania has now taken Europe, too. Paris’ Printemps is dedicating its windows to Wonderlandiana from February 1 to March 13, with special dresses designed for the occasion by Haider Ackermann, Christopher Kane, Alexander McQueen, and Maison Martin Margiela, and special shoes from Nicholas Kirkwood (pictured).
Fellow Euro retailer [...]

Cue the rampant speculation: Rumor has it that Sarah Jessica Parker may be signing on to a creative role in the house of Halston. Can we expect giant Carrie flowers and nameplate necklaces to make a comeback? [Vogue U.K.]
Missed your chance to grab that Margiela military-sock sweater back in 1991? Your second chance is coming [...]

Collab department, item 1: +J returns! Jil Sander is working on a second line for Uniqlo. [Catwalk Queen]
Collab department, item 2: Stella McCartney is coming back to the Gap for Spring 2010. This time we’re rooting for some items in XXL. [WWD]
Collab department, head-scratcher: Michael Stipe and Maison Martin Margiela have made a very mini, [...]